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Cambodia: Malaria on the Decline Due to Concerted Awareness Efforts
April 29, 2008
"Please sleep under the insecticide-treated nets," runs the message on a large banner erected for Malaria Day on April 25. In Cambodia, that message is sinking in.
Malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases, appears to be on the retreat in Cambodia as the number of infections and deaths due to the disease has decreased in recent years thanks to better health education and concerted efforts at mosquito net distribution and village-level treatment, officials said.
Duong Socheat, director of the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, said 100,000 malaria cases were reported in 2006, falling to 59,000 in 2007. Although the downward trend is believed to be continuing, data for the first three months of this year are not yet available.
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 7 May 2008
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